Sound is a Sphere
Developed for Tactology Lab in colaboration with Britt van den Boogaard and Alec Gordon. Performed during Rewire Festival 2025. This performance is now being reworked into a long-duration piece.
Sound is a Sphere is an acoustic sound installation/performance based on the workings of a record player. Performers create its sound by dragging acoustic resonators along the floor. These resonators scan the floor in search of irregularities.
The sounds are shaped by the geometry of the space and the materials, as well as the position of the performers. As the performance unfolds, elements are gradually introduced that transform the sound: gravel, sand, wood chips. Materials are added, reshaped, and removed, whilst the circular movements continue.
The circular movements, together with the extended duration, tell the story of the cycle of life and death, where that which is, also perishes and something else emerges.
The composition unfolds through ‘deep listening’; the resonators are played as an extension of the body. Visitors who stay longer will recognise repeating patterns, slow changes and erosion, like a ritual that unfolds gradually.
The sounds are shaped by the geometry of the space and the materials, as well as the position of the performers. As the performance unfolds, elements are gradually introduced that transform the sound: gravel, sand, wood chips. Materials are added, reshaped, and removed, whilst the circular movements continue.
The circular movements, together with the extended duration, tell the story of the cycle of life and death, where that which is, also perishes and something else emerges.
The composition unfolds through ‘deep listening’; the resonators are played as an extension of the body. Visitors who stay longer will recognise repeating patterns, slow changes and erosion, like a ritual that unfolds gradually.
